khai tử
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== Vietnamese ==
=== Etymology ===
Sino-Vietnamese word from 開 (“declare, state”) and 死 (“die”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Hà Nội) IPA(key): [xaːj˧˧ tɨ˧˩]
(Huế) IPA(key): [kʰaːj˧˧ tɨ˧˨]
(Saigon) IPA(key): [kʰaːj˧˧ tɨ˨˩˦]
=== Verb ===
khai tử
to declare somebody's death
Giấy khai tử. ― A paper declaring death.
(of a company) to stop producing or supporting an item, thereby marking its death
Hãng Apple đã khai tử mẫu điện thoại Iphone 8. ― Apple has put an end to their Iphone 8 models.